Threat Database Adware Crunch Travel Ads

Crunch Travel Ads

By CagedTech in Adware

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 7
First Seen: January 9, 2016
Last Seen: January 10, 2019
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Crunch Travel program may be offered to users as the perfect tool to find cheap hotel rooms and sports equipment when going on a trip with friends and family. The Crunch Travel setup file can be found at Crunchtravel.com and may be packed with other freeware like ReferenceBoss and SaveriBox. You may want to know that the Crunch Travel program is created with the INNO Setup Builder that adware developers seem to favor. Also, the Crunch Travel software is developed by Informer Technologies, Inc. and is the next version of the Ahoy Traveler adware that was preceded by Travel Giga and Travel Output. The Crunch Travel adware behaves similarly to its forebears and has improved features that may include custom HTML-snippets that are loaded by the browser as inline ads and sponsored search results on Google, Bing and Yahoo.

Additionally, the Crunch Travel adware might use DART cookies to record the user's input on Google and generate tailor-suited ads. Security researchers note that the Crunch Travel adware has extensive support for plug-ins written in the DART programming language, which suggests that it may download and install executable without your notice. The Crunch Travel adware can run on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows systems and may infect Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera and Mozilla Firefox. The Crunch Travel adware may use ActionScript to play video commercials on your homepage. Moreover, the Crunch Travel adware is known to connect to the 54.231.16.217 and 54.247.84.154 IP addresses that are associated with cyber threats like Palevo and Zegost. Needless to say, you might want to avoid clicking on the ads provided by the Crunch Travel adware. You can install a reliable anti-malware application to eradicate all components of the Crunch Travel adware and upgrade your cyber security.

SpyHunter Detects & Remove Crunch Travel Ads

Directories

Crunch Travel Ads may create the following directory or directories:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\CrunchTravel
%PROGRAMFILES%\CrunchTravel
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\CrunchTravel

Trending

Most Viewed

Loading...